International House - 524 Riverside Dr.

How does International House - 524 Riverside Dr. compare with other residence hall/dormitory buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 343 residence hall/dormitory buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. International House - 524 Riverside Dr.'s ENERGY STAR score of 71 compares with an average of 69 across the 177 that report a score; it scores higher than 44% of them and lower than 54%. Its site EUI of 91.4 kBtu/ft² is about 15% above the average of 79.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 110,111 sq ft, it is about 29% above the average floor area of 85,583 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1950, 4 years later than the group's average year built (1947). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 702 residence hall/dormitory buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 70.7 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 71 mean?

ENERGY STAR scores run from 1 to 100 and are computed by the EPA's Portfolio Manager as a percentile against similar buildings nationwide, adjusted for climate, size and use: a score of 71 means the building performs better than about 71% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 71 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 4 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. In New York City, 43% of scored buildings are at 75 or above.

Site energy-use intensity (EUI) is the energy a building uses on site in a year divided by its floor area, in thousand Btu per square foot — lower is more efficient. International House - 524 Riverside Dr.'s 91.4 kBtu/ft² across 110,111 sq ft works out to about 10.1 billion Btu (2,950 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 121.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 463,092 kWh of electricity and 3,844 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires International House - 524 Riverside Dr. to report its energy use?

International House - 524 Riverside Dr. reports under Local Law 84 (LL84), the legal basis of New York City's Energy and Water Data Disclosure program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2022 disclosure (source record nyc:3949541:2022). Under Local Law 97, buildings over 25,000 sq ft face carbon caps with fines of $268 per metric ton of CO₂e over the limit, phasing in from 2024.